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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 Review: The best flip phone money can buy
17.08.2023 - 11:49 / tech.hindustantimes.com / Can / Best
Samsung's foldable smartphones have year-on-year built upon its successes, and some failures, to provide consumers with the best of what this technology has to offer. Its fifth-generation foldables, which were launched at the Galaxy Unpacked 2023 on July 26, aim to do the same. It is clear that lessons have been learnt and taken to heart too. While the more expensive Galaxy Z Fold 5 was expected to steal all the headlines, it is the Z Flip 5 that has captured the limelight, headlined by its new Flex Window.
In our first impressions of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5, we highlighted that while the new Flex Window and Flex Hinge are welcome additions, the rest of the smartphone still leaves something to be desired. But after spending a few weeks with it, is it still the case?
At first glance, there is a very notable difference between the Galaxy Z Flip 4 and Flip 5. Samsung has (finally) got rid of the tiny 1.9-inch cover display which barely could do anything meaningful, and replaced it with the bigger 3.4-inch AMOLED display called the Flex Window, and this opens up all sorts of possibilities. However, unlike the recently-launched Moto Razr 40 Ultra, the cover display does not wrap around the camera bump but is packed in a folder-like shape.
There's a carousel of other widgets that you can scroll through such as weather, quick dialer, alarm, health, and more. The Flex Window is a one-stop shop for basic device settings such as Wi-Fi Bluetooth, sound modes, torch, and volume, and all of them can be adjusted without having to actually open, or rather, flip the smartphone.
While only a handful of first-party widgets are natively supported, Samsung's Good Lock app comes in handy as it allows you to run any and all apps from the Flex Window. One of the most welcome additions to the cover display is a full-sized keyboard which now allows you to reply to messages without having to flip the Flip 5 open.
Moving on to the inner 6.7-inch full-HD+ AMOLED display, Samsung seems to have gone down the path of ‘if it ain't broke, don't fix it' with the Galaxy Z Flip 5. It gets an identical display to its predecessor, and while it still is one of the nicest displays on any foldable device, the crease is still as prominent as ever. At a time when companies such as Oppo have managed to hide it on their devices in the first attempt, it is disappointing to see Samsung go down the already-trodden path.
The biggest complaint of yesteryears has been the hinge of Samsung's foldables, which did not let the smartphone fold completely shut. The infamous gap was always there, but things have changed now. With the introduction of the Flex Hinge, Samsung has rectified this and the Z Flip 5 now closes without any noticeable gaps. It has
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